Film

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

2018 · 2h 20m · Music · Drama · History

A tragic tale in which love and filial sentiment battle in a political intrigue around the fascinating character of Simon, a privateer become doge: Simon Boccanegra is one of Verdi’s greatest operas, over which floats the shadow of his admiration for Shakespeare. For this captivating and moving score, the Dijon Bourgogne Orchestra has called upon one of the great Verdi specialists, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, whose Traviata in 2011 demonstrated his intimate and precise knowledge of the Italian master’s style, and the German stage director Philipp Himmelmann, a regular at Unter den Linden in Berlin and the great European stages.

Keri Alkema

Amelia Grimaldi

Vittorio Vitelli

Simon Boccanegra

Luciano Batinić

Fiesco

Gianluca Terranova

Gabriele Adorno

Armando Noguera

Paolo

Roberto Rizzi Brignoli

Conductor

• Franck ChaudemancheDirector
• Philipp HimmelmannDirector
• Francesco Maria PiaveWriter
• Arrigo BoitoWriter
• Giuseppe VerdiOriginal Music Composer

Premières photos des répétitions de Simon Boccanegra à l'Opéra de Dijon

Release date

March 14, 2018

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h 20m

Genres

Music, Drama, History